Professor Glenn Eric Andre Diesen¹ :a. First, the US blamed Russia for attacking Nord Stream.
Now the US claims they knew all along that it was Ukraine
– This story is obviously also fake, but they are admitting the old lie in this new lie.
Yet, the obedient media² will not hold them accountable
b. Ideology makes the narrative immune to reality
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¹ Glenn Eric Andre Diesen (born 1979) is a Norwegian academic and political scientist. He is a professor at the School of Business of the University of South-Eastern Norway. He is a regular commentator on the Russian state-controlled international news television network RT.
Diesen has faced criticism for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda.
Diesen has been a regular commentator on Russia Today (RT) and has faced criticism for allegedly promoting Russian propaganda.
He also writes for Steigan
The Swedish journalist Patrik Oksanen considers Diesen to be “part of the Russian propaganda machinery.”
Aage Borchgrevink of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee said that Diesen has “an important role in RT as the Western expert, which gives legitimacy to what clearly appears to be the Kremlin’s version […] his writings are unreliable, the factual basis is doubtful, and characterized by the content and form of Russian propaganda, as expressed in RT and Sputnik.”
Diesen has received the support of the rector of the University of South-Eastern Norway Petter Aasen, who defended the academic’s right to free expression. Diesen is opposed to Russia’s military action against Ukraine.
In 2020, Diesen wrote an op-ed in Aftenposten with Arne Treholt, that stated that Russia has “legitimate interests and security needs” and said that Russia was unfairly demonized as a security threat.
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The paper’s former foreign affairs editor Kjell Dragnes wrote that Diesen and Treholt promoted Russian propaganda.
² A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The Real Story of the Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage. Private businessmen funded the shoestring operation, which was overseen by a top general; President Zelensky approved the plan, then tried unsuccessfully to call it off
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-real-story-da24839c?mod=hp_lead_pos7
